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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,185 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
—
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$0
0/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kennebec Valley does

Mission

To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of area youth.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $185.

From the IRS filings of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY.

99%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

99% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY's grant income comes from Maine funders.

ME
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’20
Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Maine

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY?
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY (Maine) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,185 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,185 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY.
Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY?
UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021, and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing